Nurse Manager Operating Room

About This Role

This Clinical Nursing Manager role for the Operating Room at CHI St Alexius Health Bismarck is for a visionary leader who will oversee the provision of exceptional surgical care and perioperative excellence. Every day you will coordinate the complex operational flow of surgical services, ensuring patient safety, sterile technique, and clinical outcomes remain at the highest standard. The role requires planning, organizing, implementing, and maintaining initiatives that align with the mission and vision while fostering a collaborative environment among nurses, surgical techs, anesthesia providers, and surgeons.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for all aspects of staff management, including interviewing, hiring, orienting, promoting, training, performance evaluations, and corrective actions, fostering a high-performing and engaged surgical team
• Allocate and direct staffing needs across the Operating Room to meet surgical volume and emergency procedure demands, collaborating effectively to ensure optimal staffing levels, efficient turnover times, and resource utilization
• Manage unit performance by setting clear goals, clarifying job expectations, monitoring progress, providing constructive feedback, and recognizing achievements, while promoting alignment with organizational Commitments
• Monitor and oversee patient engagement, quality initiatives, and patient safety for the surgical environment, leveraging regulatory knowledge and organizational policies to drive continuous improvement and achieve defined surgical outcomes
• Coordinate and manage operating systems, operational standardization, service standards, and communication methods to align with system-wide policies and processes, ensuring efficient and effective unit operations
• Assure the highest level of understanding, awareness, and compliance with all applicable Joint Commission, AORN, federal, state, agency laws, regulations, guidelines, and professional standards for perioperative nursing

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)
• Minimum three years of leadership experience OR minimum five years of leadership experience in the discipline OR Master's Degree with no additional experience
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of North Dakota or a compact state
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required upon hire (American Red Cross, American Safety and Health Institute, or American Heart Association credentials accepted)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required upon hire
• Strong knowledge of perioperative nursing, nursing administration, applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and professional standards
• Strong project management skills
• Good communication skills
• Good strategic planning skills
• Strong change management skills